The Big bear of Arkansas, and other sketches : illustrative of characters and incidents in the south and south-west / edited by William T. Porter ; with illustrations by Darley.

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Publication InfoPhiladelphia : T.B. Peterson and Bros., [1869?] [c1843] (Collins)
Description[2]-112, 115-181 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Supplemental ContentGale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
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Other author/creatorPorter, William Trotter, 1809-1858.
Included WorkThorpe, Thomas Bangs, 1815-1878. Big bear of Arkansas.
Included WorkSmith, Sol. (Solomon), 1801-1869.
Included WorkStuart, John A. (John Allan), 1800-1852.
Included WorkDarley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888.
SeriesSabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Library of humorous American works
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Local noteArts and Literature.
Local note2013AK17900.
General noteCover title: Big bear of Arkansas. And other south western sketches ... Philadelphia, T.B. Peterson & Bro.
General noteAdded illustrated t.p.: The big bear of Arkansas, and other tales.
General noteThe big bear of Arkansas is by T.B. Thorpe. Other named contributors include Sol. Smith and John A. Stuart.
General note"Library of humorous American works. With illustrations by Darley."--cover. Cf. Smither, N. Library of humorous American works: A bibliographical study, 1936, p. 57-58, where this title, first issued by Peterson in 1856, is listed as no. 14 in the series.
General noteLithographed cover signed: T. Sinclair's Lith., Phila. A. Bigot, fecit.
General noteSix of the ten engravings are included in the pagination.
General notePublisher's advertisement for the Library of humorous American works, "Price 75 cents each," p. [4] of cover. According to Smither, the price was raised to 75 cents in 1869 when the publisher issued "the thirty-three titles accepted today as the Peterson 'Library of humorous American works.'"
General noteError in pagins: p. v and vii misnumbered 5 and 7.
General noteReproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
General noteSabin no. 95662.
General noteReproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2013. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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